Lieutenant Ninian Thorpe MC Military Cross

Service Number 200105


Campaign:

World War 2


Died:

9.9.1944

KIA Aged 22
Attached 3rd Batallion Irish Guards
Awarded Military Cross
Buried at Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, I, A, 1. Belgium
Son of Major-General Gervase Thorpe, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., and Margaret Murray Thorpe (nee Burt-Marshall).

Memorial(s):

Country Location Name of Memorial Campaign Names Date(s)
England Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London SW1E 6HQ Memorial Lamps in Memory of Lt. N Thorpe, MC in Cloister at Guards Chapel World War 2
Ninian Thorpe 9-9-1944 View

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